FARMER

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Caption : A farmer moves amidst his paddy fields near Thrissur,Kerala on Monday. Chingam 1(August 17 Tuesday ) is Kerala celebrated as Farmers Day ( Karshaka Dinam ),marking the dawn of a new farming year.The harvest festival is in Chingam , held to be the harbinger of prosperity and good fortune to farmers and Onam falls in the month of Chingam. ( this year Onam falls on August 23).Due to unseasonal rains , the crop this year has been erratic as in some places crops were only planted while at other places ,the harvest was complete. Photo: K_K_Mustafah
16/08/2010